HCAD222 Ethics living and dying fully solved 2023/2024

HCAD222 Ethics living and dying Autonomy - correct answers the ability to make meaningful decisions and in doing so direct the house of one's care choice, dignity, privacy - correct answers need to encompass was to respect informed consent - correct answers what will be done, by whom, and what are the side effects -providing them with he info to make informed choices balancing risk and safety - correct answers dependency paradox - correct answers -reliance on help creates a paradox - Tx for/gatekeepers to "life" - correct answers Kane 1990s findings - correct answers et al: 270 cognitively intact Residents and staff: 10 everyday activities -imp to residents: leaving, private phone use -imp to staff: activities -1/3 dissatisfied with amount of control & choice over all activities -Staff pessimistic over how to increase this -IRONY: lose ability to privately confer with MD Competent - correct answers the ability to do something successfully or efficiently rational - correct answers a competent person who makes decisions. They can be either rational or irrational decisions. lots of irrational decisions are made advance directives-living will and HCDPA - correct answers A written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor PSDA (patient self determination act) - correct answers Most hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and HMO's routinely provide information on advance directives at the time of admission. baylor elder house-calls AD findings - correct answers initial assessment -patients receive home-based "comprehensive geriatric assessemtnt" followed by longitudinal primary care through house calls --patient care coordinator --geriatrician --advance practice nurses subsequent care -triaged by RN, primary care provided by GNPs and Geriatrician right to die - correct answers pertaining to, expressing, or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary measures intended to prolong someone's life when they are terminally ill or comatose. assisted suicide - correct answers the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable disease, effected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for this purpose.